Jim Brothers (August 15, 1941 – August 20, 2013) was an American figurative

sculptor Sculpture is the branch of the visual arts that operates in three dimensions. Sculpture is the three-dimensional art work which is physically presented in the dimensions of height, width and depth. It is one of the plastic arts. Durable sc ...

from the U.S. state of

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. He died at the age of 72 at his home in

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, where he had received

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care for cancer. His wife Kathy said he completed his final piece, a tribute to

William Inge William Motter Inge (; May 3, 1913 – June 10, 1973) was an American playwright and novelist, whose works typically feature solitary protagonists encumbered with strained sexual relations. In the early 1950s he had a string of memorable Broad ...

, "literally days before he died."

Notable works

*Six bronzes for the

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(including ''Across The Beach'', ''Death On The Shore'', ''Scaling The Heights'') in Bedford, Virginia *Works at the National VFW Memorial (including ''Citizen Soldier'') in Washington D.C. *

Mark Twain Samuel Langhorne Clemens (November 30, 1835 – April 21, 1910), known by his pen name Mark Twain, was an American writer, humorist, entrepreneur, publisher, and lecturer. He was praised as the "greatest humorist the United States has p ...

life-size in

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. *

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life-size at the National Statuary Hall in Washington D.C. * Omar Bradley life-size in Moberly, MO. *''Flight'' at GE Aircraft in

St. Louis, Missouri St. Louis () is the second-largest city in Missouri, United States. It sits near the confluence of the Mississippi River, Mississippi and the Missouri Rivers. In 2020, the city proper had a population of 301,578, while the Greater St. Louis, ...

*''Veterans'' at VFW Memorial in

Kansas City, Missouri Kansas City (abbreviated KC or KCMO) is the largest city in Missouri by population and area. As of the 2020 census, the city had a population of 508,090 in 2020, making it the 36th most-populous city in the United States. It is the central ...

*''Kansas Promise'' at Cedar Crest in

Topeka, Kansas Topeka ( ; Kansa language, Kansa: ; iow, Dópikˀe, script=Latn or ) is the Capital (political), capital city of the U.S. state of Kansas and the County seat, seat of Shawnee County, Kansas, Shawnee County. It is along the Kansas River in the ...

*''Protector of the Plains'' a bust of Paschal Fish, the founder of

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. *''From The Ashes'' at The Lawrence Visitors Center in

*''Homage'' at Gage Park in

*''John Brown Jayhawk'' private collection in

*Bust of Chief Red Cloud at The Nebraska State Capitol in

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*''Spirit of the CCC'' to commemorate the

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*''Harmony'' *''The Vision''

References

External links

Jim Brothers at The Leopold GalleryArticle on Brothers.
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